Price-slip for piecework.



B. A. FEISS.

PRICE SLIP FOR PIECEWOBK.

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PatentedvJuly 9,1918.

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theiaoempenyng drawmngi forming part sof this .Speecation, .with .the ifurther understandingfkthat kWhile then-drawing shows :L praetioal ,form fof: the invention, the la tter is ntmonned .to Lstrict; 4conformity Aivitl'i 1the showing offthedrewingutmmy be. changed andmodied, so-longizis such changes and modifications -eome-ivithin .the scope of .the appended e1aim. f

`rIm'the 4;h'-,e vv irn,g, theffgureis n representation of @n.pieee slip lled out` bo represent a de s work.

i e erringmthe dnewingtheieie shown e sliee 1 usl4ally of paper, ,'whiclnsheetwmay beia'nd uellallyjs@soinewhatfsmeler.than the da'awingii'hpwglbut he sizeof the slipzis of no .afbjuler nlolmen exceputhat ',it is ed- Ysebile-to have: itil@ lge. erLough to be .clearliY ohedines et, 5, perpendioular to the `tirsb ad edalnesf-themainpoi'on Iof the sheet, is'; `-vigled intovmany Rectangular boxes oi- Spaces 1.6, in .Whih .are L onsecntfively urlzailged mimbexas 17 @pro ressively increasing byrlnit; ILend medesniiently prominentV to beexegily mad. @he tbpmost ilongiwdinal 41in@ 2 may be Somewhab heqiyiel .or more pronounced in :ppeaiame than theothenlongitndinali lines nds Sizimaee'l` sncient distafne from what in i-uSeoonslhu'tesithe i top edge of the sheet; to :provide room fffor Aimprints and applied data` The imprints are arrangedwithin e spa cesmeel. 011e; end, ofi. the sheet above: the line 12 and may-inelude thewordelSlips` f-HOIBS, Y" I 11,'f-0.l;1b, `,sind i Erice, with blank :spaces associated A.with .the words, whieh spaees erevlled 1in as desired with sziteble'data. '1'111erest offthespace above he'ilineris dividednto other spaces` 9,1() reepeotiyelygftheispce being reserved for ai idaho mid thecspace v10 for the employees nameand'deseription-of the character 4of the Work performed, and Such oth e1' data 4as may be deired.

rT- he `pianrticulzsu .arrangement *with respect, toithespaesat the `top-of thesheet for-:data isirnetatal obligatory since other arrange ments may be adopted.

ii-Ehe numberof rectangular spaces or boxes r-syimeuns of )longitudinahlines 2, 3 and 6 into which the main body oi' the sheet is divided is not necessarily a lixed number. In the particular sheet shown, the number of spaces or boxes reach 500 and these boxes are numbered consecutively from 1 to 500, the numbers running lengthwise oi' the sheet in order with heavy upright lines 4; dividing the longitudinal lines o1 numbers into groups of ten, this arrangement being one of convenience. For diiierent classes of work, different prices per piece are paid. It may be assumed that the price per piece for which the slip shown in the drawing is designed is 51;L mills, and is represented on the slip after the Word Price as .0055. Consequently in the box containing the number 1, there is also contained the number .0055, in box 2 is the number 011, in box 3 is the number .0165, and so on throughout the numbers up to 500, where the price number is 2.7 5, this last number representing 500 times .0055. The consecutive numbers, therefore, represent pieces of work to be performed, while the other numbers accompanying them represent the amount earned for the number of pieces of work at the basic price a pearing at the top of the slip. Since all oftiese numbers are printed, slips must be repared for each basic price per piece.

hen an employee reports for work, he is given a slip which in turn is Given a slip number; Inthe drawing the s ip number is 1 and is placed after the word slips by a suitable writing implement such as a pen or pencil. The time the employee goes to work is entered on the slip after the Word In, and in the particular showing of the drawing, this is indicated by 7.00, meaning seven oclock. The time the employee quits work is placed after the Word Out, and in the particular showin of the drawing this is given as 4.30. he number of hours the employee actually works is placed after the word hours and in the particular slip represented in the drawing, this is given as 9.

In the space 9 is entered the date on which the work is performed, while in the space 10, there is entered the name of the Workman and the character of the work performed which latter it is customary to put down in abbreviated form, Now with such a piece-work price slip properly filled out to identify the workman at the beginnin of the day, let it be assumed that the wor man is given a batch of work with the arbitrary number 23, and contains 11 pieces or articles. line represented at 12 is drawn around the number 11 of the series of numbers on the sheet, the box containing the number 11 also containing the number 0605, which represents the amount to be paid for 11 pieces of work at 0055 per piece.

.M .-:ome point preceding the number 11, the number if?, is written, such writing being represented al. 13. The Workman, having finished batch number 23, is given batch number 24: which batch contains 6 articles. The number ol' articles added to those in the rst batch total 17, so a line 14; is drawn :diout the block containing the number 17 and the number J-l represented at 15 is placed at a point preceding the number4 17.

liet it, be assumed that batch 25 contains le pieces, so that the next number to be encircled by a line is 35. Let it further be assumed that the next batch is batch 26 and contains 235 pieces, whereupon the4 block containing the number is inclosed in a line. In this way various numbers are designated on the sheet by inclosingllnes and in the particular example shown in 1 the drawings, the last batch is numbered 31, as indicated at 1G, while the total number of pieces in all the batches amounts to .435;

which number is inclosed by the line 17 and represents the total earnings for the Work done :is 2.3925. In this way the amount of` the work performed is very readily taken care of and the amount earned is ascertained from the box containin the highest number representing the num er of pieces ol' work done during the time period. Such slips may be filled out from day to day and at the end of a stated period, say a week, it is :t simple matter to ascertain and addv up the daily earnings, instead of having t0 keep track of a large number of small sums, with many multi lications and additions and a constant lia ility of mistake.

The piece .work time slips reduce the chance of error to an extreme minimum, tedious and time consuming calculations being entirely eliminated to the benefit of both the employer and the employee.

,What is claimed is A. price sli for piece work employees covering a de nite period of time, comprising a paper sheet divided. by linesinto ai consecutive series of inclosedl spaces or boxes, and headed by a number representing a basic price per piece for work, andV designated spaces in which to ill out the time covered by the sli each box containing two super-posed num rs, one number representing the serial number of the box and designating the number of pieces in each batch or lot of work which may be given to the employee during said period of time, which boxes are numbered consecutively throughout the sheet, the other number representing the product of the basic rate displayed on the sheet head multiplied by the serial number of the box and designating the amount earned at the basic rate for the number of pieces completed,

whereby the ieees of Work and the amounts In testimony, that T claim the foregoing earned there or may be designated by lines as my own, I have hereto axed my signadrawn about individual boxes, the last box ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

marked on the sheet indicating the amount RICHARD ALBERT FEISS. 5 earned bfy the employee and the number of Witnesses:

pieces o Work completed for the period O. C. KROMER,

covered by the slip. MARK 'luvIsANNa Unie! of thin pltent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. c. 

